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U.S. President Donald Trump admitted Tuesday that he used the slur “sh–hole countries” to disparage Haiti and African nations during a 2018 meeting with lawmakers. Trump spoke about the comment that sparked outrage during his first term on Tuesday at a rally in Pennsylvania on affordability. He went on to further disparage Somalia as “filthy,…

Danielle Smith has become the second Alberta premier – and the first in almost 90 years – to face a citizen-led petition drive to get her removed from her seat in the legislature. Smith and two more of her United Conservative Party caucus members saw recall campaigns officially approved and launched Wednesday by Elections Alberta….

The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a move that sent oil prices higher and sharply escalated tensions between Washington and Caracas “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and other things are happening,” said…

US House Speaker Mike Johnson said the House of Representatives would not vote to extend the enhanced tax credits for Obamacare, leaving more than 22 million Americans at risk of losing their health insurance. He added that instead the GOP planned to introduce its own health care legislation, as Senate Republicans prepared to vote on…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Controversy over a FIFA World Cup game scheduled for Seattle could have ramifications for Vancouver. Egypt and Iran have filed complaints with FIFA over their World Cup match in Seattle, which is slated to include Pride celebrations. The two teams were selected in the FIFA draw to…

Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Wednesday defended his efforts to protect auto manufacturing jobs in Ontario while facing sometimes personal attacks from Conservative MPs over the fate of Stellantis workers in Brampton. Champagne, in his previous role as industry minister, helped negotiate two federal contracts with Stellantis that are now under scrutiny, after the company…

Sperm from a donor who unknowingly carried a cancer gene has been used to conceive almost 200 babies in Europe, according to an investigation by the BBC and 14 other publicly owned news organizations, along with members of the European Broadcasting Union’s Investigative Journalism Network. Some children fathered by the donor have already died, and only…

A 25-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested and charged with serial acts of indecency and also for identity theft. According to Peel Region police, the man whose origin name is Vaibhav visited various medical clinics across Mississauga and exposed himself to the female staff members. He used a fake name, ‘Akashdeep Singh‘, in all official…

Mountaineer charged in girlfriend’s death says rescue was impossible as she froze on Austria’s highest peak (Image via Getty) A Mountaineer accused of leaving his girlfriend to die in freezing cold on Austria’s highest mountain says he had no choice. Thomas Plamberger, 36, claims rescue teams told him a helicopter could not be sent, leaving…

Foreign tourists entering the United States may soon be required to provide their social media histories from the past five years, as well as their family members’ names and addresses, in order to obtain a travel authorization. However, Canadian citizens would not be affected by the proposed changes to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization…